Demand for CAM Practice at Hospitals in Japan: A Population Survey in Mie Prefecture

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Reason</td><td align="center">Number (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unclearness of effect of CAM</td><td align="center">370 (54.5)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lack of knowledge about CAM</td><td align="center">289 (42.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">High cost of CAM</td><td align="center">241 (35.5)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Conventional medicine alone is satisfactory</td><td align="center">178 (26.2)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Have no time to visit CAM practitioner</td><td align="center">136 (20.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Poor safety and sanitary condition of CAM</td><td align="center">70 (10.3)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Adverse effect of CAM</td><td align="center">47 (6.9)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Afraid of bad chemistry with CAM practitioner</td><td align="center">45 (6.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Have dislike of body contact</td><td align="center">41 (6.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Other</td><td align="center">55 (8.1)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Reasons for disuse of CAM therapy in 678 non-CAM users (Number with percent in parenthesis).

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Table 5: Demand for CAM Practice at Hospitals in Japan: A Population Survey in Mie Prefecture 